The Crawl
“Swimming feels like being on an eternal journey - never arriving.”
A visual and delicately poetic story about the relationship between a swimmer and water. A young competitive swimmer meets the world's fastest woman swimmer in her dreams and races her.
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P.V. Lehtinen Director · Pasi Pauni Cinematographer Annette Tamminen Costume designer
First release October 29, 2004 · Produced in Finland · Production Cineparadiso
Production
MRP Matila Röhr Productions
Production
Cineparadiso
Production
Finland
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Languages
Original title
Krooli
Original language
Finnish
Spoken on screen
Finnish
Release dates
Finland · October 29, 2004
Premiere · Hämeelinna Clone Digital Film Festival
Finland · January 21, 2005
Limited theatrical · Bio Rex - Helsinki
No release date listed for United States.
Canada
September 18, 2005 · Premiere · Festival International de Films de Montréal
Czechia
October 25, 2005 · Premiere · Jihlava International Documentary Festival
Finland
January 13, 2005 · Premiere · DocPoint - Helsinki International Documentary Film Festival
March 9, 2005 · Premiere · Tampere Film Festival
April 12, 2005 · Premiere · Illumenation European Film School Festival
April 16, 2005 · Premiere · Marekino Kotka
August 18, 2005 · Premiere · Blue Sea Film Festival
November 5, 2005 · Premiere · Hanko Film Festival
November 9, 2005 · Premiere · Kettupäivät - New Finnish Short and Documentary Films
November 17, 2005 · Premiere · Bio Rex - Digitaalisen elokuvan erikoispäivä
December 9, 2006 · Premiere · Pinnan Alla - Underwater Film Festival
France
October 27, 2005 · Premiere · World Festival of Underwater Pictures - Antibes
Germany
November 16, 2004 · Premiere · Regensburg Short Film Week
September 12, 2005 · Premiere · Ludwigsburg European Short Film Biennale
November 30, 2005 · Premiere · Short Cuts Cologne
Greece
April 1, 2005 · Premiere · The Finnish Film Week Thessaloniki
September 19, 2005 · Premiere · International Short Film Festival in Drama
India
January 18, 2007 · Premiere · Mumbai International FICTS Festival Sport Movies & TV
Ireland
October 9, 2005 · Premiere · Cork Film Festival
Italy
November 18, 2005 · Premiere · Siena International Short Film Festival
October 27, 2006 · Premiere · Milan International FICTS Festival Sport Movies & TV
December 11, 2006 · Premiere · International Sport Film Festival Palermo
Poland
May 31, 2005 · Premiere · Cracow Film Festival
February 17, 2007 · Premiere · Warsaw International FICTS Festival
Portugal
April 21, 2005 · Premiere · IndieLisboa Film Festival
Russia
June 4, 2006 · Premiere · Krasnogorski International Festival of Sport Films
Slovakia
June 23, 2006 · Premiere · International Art Film Festival
Spain
November 21, 2005 · Premiere · International Festival Of Documentary and Short Film Bilbao
United Kingdom
November 17, 2005 · Premiere · Northern Lights Film Festival
September 4, 2006 · Limited theatrical · Future Shorts Cinema (September programme)
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